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Sydney G. Gumpertz
Citation for Congressional Medal of Honor
by Seymour "Sy" Brody
WORLD WAR I
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First Sergeant, United States Army, Company E,
132nd Infantry, 33rd Division
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| Place and date:
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In the Bois-de-Forges, France,
29 September, 1918
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| Entered service at:
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Chicago, Illinois
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| Birth:
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San Raphael, California
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CITATION
When the advancing line was held up by machine gun fire, Sergeant Gumpertz left the
platoon of which he was in command and started with two other soldiers through a
heavy barrage toward the machine gun nest. His two companions soon became
casualties from the bursting shells, but Sergeant Gumpertz continued alone in the face
of direct fire from the machine gun, jumped into the nest and silenced the gun and
capturing nine of the enemy crew.
Source: Jewish
Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
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